Excessive sleep is a common problem. If you start feeling sleepy again and again during the day even after getting good sleep at night, it means that you "idiopathic hypersomnia" There may be a neurological sleep disorder called. People suffering from this disease feel as if they are sleep deprived or remain confused even after losing sleep. According to a recent research, this disease is more common than previously thought. It makes it difficult to perform daily activities and impairs the quality of life. Researchers say that it is very important to identify and treat this disease. And this research will help in finding its cause and new treatments.
Know what the research says
disclosure of this "Prevalence and cross-sectional analysis of idiopathic hypersomnia in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. " It was done in a study called. It was published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, published this month. This research found that such a condition could be a sign of a neurological sleep disorder called ‘idiopathic hypersomnia’. This disease is as common as epilepsy and schizophrenia. People suffering from this often feel sleep deprived. In this, sleep data of 792 people was examined, whose average age was 59 years.
Know about the disease
Lead author of this study David T Plant said, "It has been difficult to ascertain how common idiopathic hypersomnia is. Because for this, expensive sleep tests have to be done which are also time consuming. We analyzed data from a large sleep study. This revealed that this disease is more common than previously thought. It is as common as epilepsy, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia."
Know what is the treatment
Researchers say that it is very important to know the cause of this disease and treat it properly. So that the life quality of patients can be improved. This can be detected through sleep test. It can be cured with many medicines which help in waking up. These medicines can improve the life quality of the patient.
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